The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-20
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.
Gossip About sooiotv Matters.

pieces nthome, presumably with the intention
OF purchasing, in order to make good show for
reception she was about to give. and sending
back the day Efier. is surpassed by the family
who took handsome residence. and had it eie-
lantly fitted up on the occasion of the marriage
of the daughter who was to have large num-
Der OF the erooTus relatives and friends attend
from distance. After the festivities were over
the merchants unable to get any pay for what
they had furnished, were obliged to take every
Thing back. The father and mother now keep
house in three-room cottage, and are not so
'up" in fashionable society as the husbands rel
a!ives were led to suppose
With the beginning of Lent, social matters
become somewhat dull, and those who have been
busy attending luncheons, parties, dances,
euchres ard other gatherings take rest Al
most as many good resolutions are made for
aenials during the forty days. fast as at the be-
ginning of the new year, and kept quite as
well, too Some are very peculiar in their con-
struction, and while abstaining from the lux
uries of the rest of the year, really being very
good to themselves, and doing that which will
be lasting benefit But these persons are not
id!e, for any gathering which can be given for
the benefit of some charitable purpose receives
undivided attention.
One OF those receptions where the guests are
mostly members of old families was that of Mrs..
Thos. L. Sullivan, on Friday afternoon. The
large parlors were filled with ladies who en-
joyed the opportunity to chat with friends.
which such entertainments always give. Mrs
John Love assisted the hostess liz receiving her
friends, and a number OF others DIS
pensed the Inequalities throughout the
rooms the latter being Mrs Moore and
daughters Agnes and Mrs. Bowles, Mrs.
John G. Wright and daughter Mrs VIM. H.
Talbot Mrs. d. E. Snyder Mrs. r. S. Mckee,
Mrs. j. Al. Winters, Mrs. John A Holman and
Mrs. o. S. Tunnels. These ladies enter
tanned at luncheon by Mrs. Sullivan, Mt o'clock.
A feature of the ornamentaton was beveled
mirror which occupied the center of the table,
and was covered with beautiful flowers. each be-
Ing reflected in the bright surface. The princi-
pal house decorations were OF smiiax and tulips.
The peculiar ideas of brides in regard to their
outfits has been commented on before The
latest one is that Of well-known literary woman
who expects to be married next month and 60 to
reside in one of the cities by the great lakes So
very fastidious is this prospective bride that the
ekill OF leading modste has been called into
action, and she is fitting her robes de mutt
Two very pretty homo weddings took place
auring the last week, that Of Mr.. VIM n. Dag
eett and Miss Bessie Scott ON Monday evening,
and Mr.. Arthur NJ. Morse. of Kansas City, aud
Miss Agnes Sells. The guests numbered only
the relatives and intimate friends. Miss Scott
wore dress of white ottoman silk simply made
and bordered with pearls, and that of Miss Sells
was OF sea-foam surah trimmed with pearl orna.
Inents, and exceedingly becoming to her brunette
beauty. Mr. and Mrs. Morse have gone to Kan
cas- City to reside, where Mr.. Morse is in bust
ness.
Valentines day. though coming or Monday,
which is considered the hardest day in the week
to entertain, was observed by number Of social
gatherings and weddings. Mrs. Harold Hbben
gave an informal company for- Miss Louise Hib-
ben and her friend. Miss Emma Dresser, of La
fayette, and Miss Barry and guest, Miss Lacey.
Of Charlotte, Mich, gave an afternoon tea, from
B to 6 o'clock.
The few days before Lent are known as the
period for holding carnivals In Southern cities
the Mardi Gras festivals occur Shrove Tues
day, the day preceding Ash Wednesday. And
this city will have a carnival season extending
from Tuesday until Saturday, known the
Military Carnival, in which all the companies
will take part Competitive drills and grand
ball are the chief diversions for the evening.
There will be plenty to see in the line of relics,
and some curious articles will be shown. Every
thing that ingenuity can devise to make the car
nival attractive to visitors is being DONE and
great results arc anticipated.
The ladies Of Roberts Park Church bear th.
palm in making great success of their dairy
maids carnival The profits. after all expenses
are paid will equal, if not exceed, 81. 900 for ths
two evenings programmes The drill was ths
feature of the entertainment, and certainly the
young ladies did remarkably we'll. Their cos
tunes consisted of a white skirt with an over
dress of red, pinned up in washerwoman style
white sun-bonnets covered their heads
red leather girdlcs held the dasher and each car
sied bright tin pail IN one hand and three
legged milking stool in the other. The frs
part of the drill was original, aud related to tn
duties of the dairy maid. The last was the reg
ular manual Of arms and marching, in which tn
dashers figured in place Of swords or guns. Tn
space was cleared by eight ferce-looking COW
boys. The tableauX songs and articles for sal
were consistent with the dairy maid idea.
1t always exasperates the young ladies. or old
Or ones, for that matter, of this city when an
other from an Eastern State comes out her
with air of taking it for granted that we al
live in log cabins in the backwoods that iiv
Indians parade the streets, and that our mean
OF locomotion are buffalos or ox-carts. One {
this kind came here, not twenty years ago, an
tried to impress all she met with her superiort,
talked of what do East and he
- actions matched her conversation, much t
the detriment Of the Fasteners. Starin
was one of the accomplishments which she a
fected, and she thought she could show us ho'
some things could be done. II possibly Nigh
have been the latest custom. it might no
but one evening at party she when invited t
dance just as they were about to begin. thrus
her fan. handkerchief, smelling bottle and prt
rPay prpai pliH do fha Ia hia1,h o~
OF course, being from the East
she was privileged character. TO say
shocked some OF the other guests but feebly o.
presses it.